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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30
HUMOROUS.

Every cat has its night-key. II
keeps it in. its voice.-Burlington Free
Press
The latest catch is. Ibid you ever
see a cent and quarter?" Don't
answer too Observation-Disclosures
Call
To say that mans movements
are circular instead of rectilinear is
but another way of calling him q
crank
"A married man remarks that the
principal difference between a man 3
hat and a woman's bonnet is about
twelve dollars Journal.
IT IS singular fact, but neverthe-
less true, that when two young men
meet they address each other: ''HOw
are you, old MANI" and that when old
fellows meet they say: my boy"
Why Need We Die!.
II IS very chilly day
When advertisements fail to.vaunt
Some cure, to drive sharp pain away,
And ''fll a long felt want
"A wise man has Just rushed into
print to declare that Jonah was swa}-
lowed by an earthquake. Oh yes;. that's
reasonable enough; instead of a fish,
it was . issure.-Indiannpolis Journal.
-4'Lend me five dollars; l need
then, very much" "What for?" Il
want to pawn my watch" ''But you
don't need any money for that" ''In-
deed / do. l must get it from the
watehmaker's first. "--Jewelers' Wesk-
ly
-.'That's not bad landscape-the
new one there, mean. Who painted
its'' "A young chap named Sincere"
..Has he studied abroad?" Eyes. indeed
Why. he was favOrite pupil Of
Raphael, or Michael Angelo. or some
other old MASTER though l don't ex-
actly remember which it was.."-ToNn
Topics.
-" Mrs. Hendricks" said Dunley
to the landlady at breakfast, Twill
You allow me to criticise your coffee"'
..Certainly. Mr Dumley-" Its too
bricks beamed upon her boardefs, and
later, when Dumley said he was sorry
to disappoins her. she told him pleas
antiy that any time before the first Of
the month would do.-N 7. Sssn.
First Omaha Dame--Are you
still boarding?' Second Omaha
Dame" Yes, but it is q great trial
Nv room is never half attended to-"
:. It isn'ts'' "No. and the halls are
dirty and the parlor always coated
with dust, and you can hardly see
through the windows" "Indeed!
a. And nothing is ever cooked right;
half the things are burnt and the
other half nearly raw" :" Well l de-
clare! Why you arc almost as badly
OF IS il you kept house and had .
girl"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30

large piaided patterns for the skirt.
and smaller plaids, checks or soIld
colors for the bodice and drapery.
Some Of the new foulards ire charm.
ing. The ground Is covered with q
small. all-over. irregular, puzzle pat
tern in olive or green. with minute
dots in old gold or blue or white, set
like little points or nails in the pat
tern. This design conceals the light
ground and imparts a general tone of
color and character which foulards
often lack and renders them moro
available than when printed in small,
detached figures upon light grounds.
Light grounds are not now tolerated
in materials that are used for any out
door purpose.
In the windows of many of the dry
goods shops upon Broadway and else
where are mountains Of all-wool can
vas cloth in lovely light shades of yell
low, stone or gray. They are marked
down to twenty-five cents per yard,
yet when made by fashionable dress
maker the cost of canvas dress will
come up to seventy-five dollars at the
very least. The reason is, that . COM
plete dress is made of silk underneath
this one of canvas wool and that it is
finished-so far as the bodice is con-
cerned-with even more care than an
ordinary silk bodice. All the fitting is
done in the silk lining, all the seams
are taken in this and not in the out
side, which is simply gathered in to
the form and tackled to the sides of the
silk 'front.' which is finished as vest;
plain. plated or with piece of orient
al embroidery, if the dress is trimmed
in this way.
These canvas materials are hand.
some and durable; but of themselves,
they lack character. They can be
made over fine cotton Saline of the
shade and trimmed with contrast color
in velvet, effectively and much less exc
pensively. - Jenny June, in Chicago
Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30
NuR OUR YOUNG READERS
BE STRONGl--BE TRUE

-..whan was boy" the granGsire sa'o
To the bright lad by his knee,
4,Ofthe v;ctors crowned with fame read,
VINO triumphed on land and sea.
And through the years, from the deafness
page,
summons has sounded long:
To youth and manhood. and hoary age.
The message is this: BE strong:
When was boy" he paused and said
To the listener by his knee
-Of the men who were as lights read
In dark worlds history!
They priced the truth and were loved OF God,
And no fear Of man thev knew:
And still, from the glorious heights they trod,
The message was this: Be true"
-Ouirer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30
HOW TO LOAD HAY.

A C0unnl0nrSense Method Worthy Of Com
eral Adoption.
The ease Of pitching load Of hay off
the wagon by hand depends mainly on
the way it was loaded. Loads to be
'-hand-pitched'' should always be built
by some method or plan. If. as is Oft
en- the. custom, each forkful is distrib--
uted over the entire surface, or at ran
dom. the hay will be so interviewer
that a foskfnl can not be taken up.
without lifting three or four times its
weight in tearing it loose. It. is inn
practicable to- build around the. load.
as is done with bundles Of wheat. The
most satisfactory method the writer
ever prae4ieed. is as follows: Begin at
hack end Of rack and build up across.
the end three or four feet wide and two,
or. three feet high. The. loader can
stand On the bottom of the. rack anr
Lay the abutment up loose. After this
is as high IS desired. begin. To. lay the
forkfuls against the 'front.' of it in n
slanting position and continue to the
end Of the load. Build an abutment at
this end and return toward the back
end. placing the hay in. thSesame man.
neg as before. Continue this opera
ton Of placing each layer- IN the oppo-
site direction from the one upon which
is rests until the load is high enough.
The loader can tramp IN one layer
while putting layer in opposite direc-
ton above it in place.
BY this metho& one can learn to
make shapely loads that will ride bet
ter than the hap-hazash load; but the
principal advantage is foand when il is
pitched of. for by following the layers
in the reverse order. every forkfal is
easily detached. While the stack is
low, the stacker win find trouble in
handling the hay IS fast as the man on
the load can roll it Of to him. The
line of division between the layers is
easily found. as the hay above and be-
low lays nearly at right angles. In
fact. il will not come up any other way
than by going the reverse direction
from that followed in loading. and the
load can be pitched OF in two-thirds
the time Of one built hap-hAxaryl-
Prairie Farmer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Gordon Cumming likened an Afri.
can jungle to forest Of 6sh-hooks re-
lieved by an occasional patch Of PEN
knives.
-Ex-Chief Justice Greene, of WASH
ington Territory. throughout his sew
enteen years service on the bench,
always refused to accept free pass
from any transportation company.
He is said to be the only official in the
Territory who has had such scruples.
Mary Stewart, a negro woman of
Taliaferro County, Ga. has invented a
car coupler that Is said to be simple
and about perfect She says that the
idea came to her like a dream and she
made q model. according to her vision.
out of old ''oyster cups" Mrs. Stew
art was the first slave born to Alex
ander H. Sfevens.-M 7. Sun.
Miss Mary Tillinghast is one of the
most successful among the women who
have made business of decorative art.
Vanderbilt once paid her $50. 900 for
inventing new kind Of tapestry hang
ings for his houses. She supplied the
designs for the stained-glass window
just erected in Grace Church, New
York. representing Jacobs Dream.
AS Thackaray's women characters
have been difficult to understand among
vast number of readers and critics,
the following opinion of women from
the author may be read with interest:
Il am afraid 1 don't respect your sex
enough. though" he writes to friend.
Eyes l do, when they are occupied with
loving and sentiment rather than with
other business of life. Chicago Times.
-Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, says the
New York Sun, picks up great deal
of material for literary work during
the season. and resorts unblusingly to
Irritation in order to get it At the
close of a vacation on the Isle of Shoals
he babe goodbye to young lady with
whom he had carried on q Irritation,
with the words: Il am very glad
met you; you have been worth at least
$500 to me-"
Among the works which have been
recently translated into Japanese is
John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress. "
1t is hardly to be wondered at that this
wonderful book should have taken hold
of the Japanese mind at once. From
certain recent reports, made by local
missionaries and others, it is gathered
that Bunyan's immortal allegory is the
most popular book in Japan-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The sons of the late Extra Billy"
Smith, of Virginia, were fond of adj
venture. His oldest son, William
Smith, was a midshipman in the navy
and was lost in the Indian Ocean.
Austin Smith. the great bowie-knife
fighter, was killed at the battle of
Seven Pines. Peter Bell Smith was &C
cidentally killed by a pistol soon after
the war. James Caleb Smith and
Colonel Thomas Smith figured prom
inently as duelists. Of Extra Billy's"
children but three survive him-a
daughter, Colonel Thomas Smith and
Captain Frederick Smith, of New Mex.
icO-PhiLndelDhin Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30
Won't lnjure His Prospects.

"Why don't you stir around and get
something to do?" was asked of la1y
fellow.
81 don't know" was the reply, ''un-
less I'm too superstitious."
"Superstitiousi what has snpersti-
ton got to do with it,?
..Wer. 1 read somewhere once that
every thing comes to him who waits.
and don't want to do any thing that
will be liable to injure my prospects. "
-Hd-Bits.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

SuEGostiv0 for the Countless Owners Of
Small Pocket-BookA
A white bed-spread, costing the small
amount of $1.2O. was made last week
by clever little housekeeper and is
pretty enough to warrant description.
The material used was five yards Of
white curtain scrim of very open pat
tern, costing seven cents a yard. 1t
was joined down the center by an in
sertiOn of Torchon lace, Two and half
yards, at five cents yard, and bor-
dered with a three-inch wide founcing
of the same lace at six cents a yard.
The top and sides were edged. not the
bottom. and nine yards were required.
Five yards of blue paper muslin to
place under the spread cost fifteen
cents, and it looks as well as many
costly ones of lace. She is now busily
engaged in making a similar spread
for another bed, with the exception
of the lace. In its place will be 3
flounce of the scrim, and with pillow
shams to match the cost will be but
seventy cents
Every one who dislikes mosquitoes
can not afford canopy and netting.
but an excellent substitute for one il q
plain piece OF netting costing ABOUT
forty cents. To arrange this over the
bed take strong cord, fasten it at the
center or top Of the be- head with a
small tack. and again at the foot; place
similar pieces ut the sides, and over
these drape the net. 1t may be rolled
up during the daytime, and will be
found rs comfortable and secure against
mosquitoes rs any canopy.
Another arrangement for beds with
low head-boartfs is made IS follows:
Take a common child's hoop, cover the
top with netting, fasten it with strong
thread. then sew the long pieces to it.
Enough should be used to 60 once and
a quarter about the bed and the length
be about six or seven feet Then take
six strong pieces of tape and cross the
top of the hoop. These should be
about two feet longer than the hoop
and caught in the center with q strong
loop. Fix screw hook in the ceiling
directly over the center of the bed;
and up the canopy and drape it about
the bed, letting it touch the floor The
widths of netting should not be sewn
together, but Tapped overabout quar-
ter of yard. This will prevent the
mosquitoes entering and give an en-
trance and exit.
An ice-bOx is one Of the necessities
of life. and yet there are many families
who can not afford one. A home made
ice-box was made last week. A large
box was purchased for twenty cents,
and this was lined with strong oil
cloth, hole being bored in the bottom
for the water to run ont. This was set
up on four square pieces of wood; the
top of the box was lined with oil-cloth.
tackled on as a door by little hinges Of
leather and fastened with strap of the
leather over a nail The box has two
shelves. The ice is placed on the bot
tom and there is ample room for all
food. Fresh meat is only kept in it BY
placing it directly ON the ice. This ICE
box is washed every morning and is
considered quite gem. Its entire cost
was fifty centA-N. y Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30
A SELECT AFFAIR.
A Jolly Good Time Mt . ''Carpot.Ras
SAcial.e

Jolly Good Time ut . "Carpot'Ra8
Social
Their names were Lottie. Belle and
Mary, three as jolly. fun-lovins, good
natured little lassies as one often
meets.
They were thrown into fever of ex-
element one evening upon receiving
an invitation for the following after
noon from Mrs. H.. one of their near
neighbors, and with whom they were
especial favorites. to carpetras So
cial.
1t was to be very select affair. ex-
tremely so. as no one but they three
had been hontred with an invitation.
At the appointed hour they were on
hand, with faces as bright and clean as
soap and water could make them.
They were soon busy with their
needles. chatting and laughing with
their hostess. and as happy as queens.
or as queens are supposed to be.
They confided to Mrs. H all their
future hopes and aspirations, all their
present troubles and difficulties.
Lottie gravely informed her show
she hoped to make enough from her
strawberry bed (she had about half a
dozen vines which hail already yielded
her one berry,. to purchase real gold
ring, with stone in the top, just like.
her teachers"
Belle intended Ito stu,iy very hard
until she was as old rs Nay Freeman
Zone of the high school scholarly. and
then her ambition was to teach school.
But first she would have to understand
algsberry ana .fsz'eologV. cause May
did"
May was TO her little ind = prodigy
of wisdom and learning.
Mary, the Youngest of the trio. did
not seem to have many future hopes
and aspirations; all she cared for was
ito have a good time" and she gen.
orally had it, too.
After they had each sewed ball
about the size of small apple, Belle
quite emphatically signified her opinion
THAT they had worked long enough,
and that it was time to play" The
rest of the invited guests seemed to be
of the same opinion. 80 the rags were
quickly put out of sight.
| They soon had on their hats. and.
taking Black Jack. the faithful watch.
dog. and Gabithy Longclaws Tiddly.
wink. the pet kitten. they started for
the barn for frolic. Mrs. H., OF
course. accompanying them.
First they played ''Kittie wants a
corner" and as Mrs. H was some
what given to embonpoiat. and could
not run as fast as the little folks, she
was generally the poor pussy in want
of 4 corner.
This pleased Belle so that she almos!
went into fits laughing. and even Black
Jack and Tab;thy Longclaws Tiddly-
wink barked and mewed with merri-
ment at the sight of their usually staid
and sedate mistress up to such frolics.
Then they played at hide-and-seek
and black man until tea time. When
that was served it was time for the
children to go home. Mrs. H
Black Jack and Tabithy Londclaws
Tiddlywink accompanied their littl,
visitors rs far as the river bridge and
then bade them goodnight.
1t took the three little damsels all thu
next weak to tell their Aunt Abbie Of
all the fun they crowded in that on,
afternoon at Mrs. H-'s 'Carpet-rae
social. = Mrs. 4 S. Knowlton, 1,
Toledo Blade.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30

Mr.. Crane-Fallen (the eminent ex.
ponent of palmistry)-My dear madam
your hands seem to indicate that you
at some period Of your life experienced
a great sorrow followed by a great joy.
Mrs. Nevada-How wonderfully cor
rect! got that scar from my first
husbands razor in 40. He was trying
to cut his throat. don't you know. and
in spite of all l could do he succeeded
lid BITS.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30

Mr.. Lincoln, Who was seldom too
busy to listen to good story. used to
admit that but for the relaxation gained
in this way he could not have stood the
great strain TO which he was subjected
-HaFper's Boar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30

"A modern philosopher says:
There is rarely bolt turned in the
heart of sinful man which does not
sink deep into the heart Of some inno-
cent woman"
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21
The Old and the New.

He was q short term man, and as he
settled down to an acquaintance with
the other boays inside the big revolving
cylinder IN the county Jail. he began
drawin comparisons between the the old
and and the new. II was in the old Jail
twice. We used to have some pretty
good times here, too. For quite time
the boys lived on roast chicken. Pretty
good feeding for us fellows. The way Of
1t was this. Shontz, who was jailer then,
used to let us short time fellows bring in
coal. When we needed some for the
stoves inside he would tell one of us to
take the bucket and go out TO
the shed and bring 1t in.
Well, we soon got cd to IL that there
were lot of fine chickens which ShOntz
was keeping for future use. We would
just take one of those chickens, wiring its
neck and put it in the bottom of the
bottom of the bucket and then cover it
over with coal. That's the way we would
get it inside. Then we would roast that
chicken, and you bet yer we lived high"
But wouldn't it smell SO as to put
him on?''
Smell! guess you never was in the
old Jail. There were more nor a thousand
different smells, any ons of which would
knock the smell of roasting chicken
dizzy. A fellow who stayed there week
couldn't smell anything.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21
Uncle Sans Slowness.

There has been much wondering at
the slowness with which work on the
government building is proceeding. Ex-
Congressman Pusey recently wrote to
Washington about the matter and in re-
ply received the following report:
TREASURY DEPT, WASHINGTON, August
16.-The Honorable, The Secretary of the
Treasury: Sir-Referring TO letter from Hon;
to you, have the honor to state that this
Office has used its best endeavOrs to push the
work on the government building now being
erected at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bids were
being in excess OF the office estimates,
they were rejected and a modification of the
drawings has been made. and the work will
be re-advertised as soon as possible. The
drawings for the plumbing and gas fitting
have been completed az ana ah the speciticatton IS
vertised In short time. Drawings for the
joiner work, plasterlng, and the interior
finish of the building have been completed,
and the specification is now being prepared,
and this work VIII be advertised as soon as
building in such condition that active opera
ter The delay in the work on this build
Ing Is mo. not le nearly SO Sc serious n as as . on
many StneTs wd,Sh Is Gy ne isc
of this office Is entirely inadequate to en-
plOy sufficient number of technical men to
push the work rs rapidly as it ought to be.
Although congress has made appropriations
thereby greatly increasing the volume of
work in this office, there has been but very
slight increase of the appropriation to EN-.
plov the necessary force to perform said
IRWIN b. LINTON.
Acting SDparvieinp rohitarf
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21
Threatening the Police.

There have been numerous complaints
made about manure and rubbish being
thrown into the creek. Several times
suits have been commenced, but they
have never resulted in any apparent re-
lief. Lately Mayor Groneweg has put a
special officer on the watch, and yester-
day morning this officer claimed to have
discovered boy who is in the employ of
Mase Wise, wheeling manure into the
creek or deposting 1t on the bank. He
arrecled the boy and soon after Mr..
Wise went in hot haste to the
mayors office, where there
was storm of words. Mr.. Wise
made some wild threats as to what
he would DO to any policeman who
came on to his premises. Mayor Grone-
veg afterwards went to Judge Ayles-
worth's court and filed an information
charging Wise with making threats. Mr..
Wise appeared in court and explained
himself. He claimed that he should not
be singled out for prosecution, as there
were others who were committing a
nuisance there waO were never molested.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21
A GhaStlv Find.

Yesterday morning fully developed
boy baby was found IN Indian creek by
the Scott street bridge. A piece OF
muslin was the only covering upon the
remnants of the body, part of which had
become badly decayed. 1t was sent to
the undertaker's for burial, Coroner Faul
deeming it unnecessary to hold an in
quest.
Near by the remains was a package
containing shirt or two which at the
time were thought to have some connec-
ton with the tlnd, but as they appeared
quite fresh it was concluded they had
been thrown into the creek by innocent
persons.
The conclusion from the position of the
body and its condition indicated it had
been either washed down the creek or
had come out of the Scott street sewer,
which is an outlet of the Broadway
sewer.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21
Democratic Delegates.

The democratic ward caucuses were
held last evening to choose delegates tt
the county convention, which meets Au
gust 2S.
FIRST WARD.
j. H. Jackson. chairman; b. F. Woods
secretary. Delegates-J. H. Jackson
G. M. Maynard; G. ID. Walters, +. H
Guanella, Robert RAIN, E. L. Waterman
William j. ConnOr.
SECOND WARD.
w. L. Patton, chairman; A. T. Whittle.
sey, secretary. Delegates William
Groneweg. J. N. Casady, A. T. White.
sey, w. l.. Patton, George Holmes, j. G.
DeHaven, w. H. Beck. ID. +. Eicher, P.
d. Burke, Dan Carrigg.
THIRD WARD.
l.. Swearingen, chairman, B. s. Mack,
secretary. Delegates-L. Swearingen,
George Blaxsm. William Maloney, w.
II. Thomas. Pat Lacy, j. Sullivan a l.,
Zurmuehlen, w. F. Spetman, g. A. Ham
mer.
FOURTH WARD.
W. G. James, chairman; w. S. Viii.
liams, secretary. Delegates-W. H. Nj.
Pusey, w. c. James, }. H. Keatley, John
Sch9ntgen, f. E. Aylesworth, w. L.
Fisher. James Madden, }. X. Deiderich,
W. 5. Williams, j. A. Murphy, Brooks
Reed.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21
IRWIN ID. lin NTON.
Acting Supervising Architect

The new steamer Nellie Keller, Jus
launched ON Lake Manawa by Vic. Keller,
has been carefully inspected by the cti.
zens' committee and pronounced staunch
and perfectly safe for 100 passengers.
The steamer is run by an engineer who
is licensed by the United States govern
ment Under oil circumstances the safety
of the passengers will be made the first
consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21
Sudden Death.

Coroner Faul early yesterday morning
received a telegram from Carson saying
Mr.. German. of that place, had died
and an inquest was necessary. He re-
piled by telegraph to Justice of the Peace
j. &. Stad ler to hold an inquest, the cor
oner concluding the expense of his at
tending it being greater than that of the
other method.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21

flo had made arrangements for having
ali the manure from his stables hauled
away. The city attorney examined into
the matter. and finding that the threats
were conditional ones, thought this a
fatal defect IN the case SO 1t was dis
missed and Sir. Wise walked forth once
moro q winner.